Accoya has been selected for the renovation of the GeoSouthern Energy’s corporate headquarters. Distributed by Mason’s Mill & lumber, the Accoya cladding was milled into a Vanish Rain Screen profile with a walnut stain for the exterior of the building. Various sizes of Accoya were used ranging from widths between 5”-8”.

In total 55,000lf of Accoya was used for the project. Accoya was chosen due to its stability and durability making it the perfect fit for designers Kirksey. In 1982, NRG Exploration (now GeoSouthern Energy) hired Kirksey to develop the masterplan...

The Corneliuses bought the place in early 2014, and they spent a year renovating and restoring. Now they're opening up their two-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot home for the Galveston Historical Foundation's Historic Homes Tour, which starts Saturday.

"What we wanted to do was just restore it as closely as we could," Cornelius says. "What was said was: We don't want to change it: It's been here for 100 years."